https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ATHENA-AIDSpub.jpg HIV-positive women increasingly face legal sanctions as a growing number of countries introduce legislation that would criminalize HIV transmission and exposure. This report outlines the ways in which these laws — rather than providing justice — harm and oppress women. The Center for Reproductive Rights assisted in drafting the report as part of the […]
UN Committee Rules Treaty Obligations Guarantee Reproductive Health Services (Updated 3.18.21) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ruled that Peru’s failure to guarantee access to essential reproductive health services, including legal abortion, violates international treaty obligations, including the obligation to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of health care and to […]
El caso se refiere a la reiterada discriminación contra personas que viven con VIH Nueva York—El día de hoy la ciudadana chilena F.S., diagnosticada con VIH, demandó al Estado chileno ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos por haber sido esterilizada sin su consentimiento en un hospital público tras dar a luz. , En el […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/africa_article_0.jpg Women living with HIV in Kenya who seek medical care suffer multiple human rights violations and encounter daunting barriers to quality healthcare. The Center will highlight findings from its new report At Risk: Rights Violations of HIV-Positive Women in Kenyan Health Facilities on March 4, during this year’s meeting of the United Nations Commission […]